(Pictured above: runner-up, Camryn Bublitz and school champion, Lucas Peterson)
Belleville Middle School students recently participated in a school Geography Bee. This year, as we all know, has been different and the Belleville Middle School Geography Bee would be as well. This year the National Geographic Geography Bee was cancelled, however, the Belleville Middle School was able to continue with the Geography Bee with permission from National Geographic to use their materials. The Belleville Middle School’s Geography Bee was held on Tuesday, December 22nd, with 19 classroom finalists in grades 7 and 8 competing. This year’s middle school contest was held virtually via Zoom and for the first time, live-streamed on the School District of Belleville live Youtube channel. The Geography Bee included geography questions on U.S. states, world rivers, animals around the world, odd one out, economic activities of countries around the world, and the ever-popular “Weird but True,” questions about geography that also explain an unusual aspect of a country or continent.
The school champion of the Middle School competition was 7th grader Lucas Peterson, with 7th grader Camryn Bublitz taking runner-up honors. This year there will be no advancing to the state qualifying test. Congratulations to all our participants!
(Finalists pictured below, top to bottom, left to right: Abraham Chavez, Valerie Covarrubias, Olivia Fox, Adrian Jenkins, Jacob Justeson, (2nd row) Brennan Keyes, Macy Lamboley, Faith Waefler, Caden Myers, Treyton Myers, (3rd row) Elijah Olson, Madalyn DeSmet, Isaac Patrow, Garrett Pauli, Henry Polega, (4th row) Chase Varney, and Christopher Weber)
